IFHG Report 3rd Quarter 2014

Co.As.It. Italian Family History Group

Quarterly Report

3rd Quarter 2014

The Co.As.It. Italian Family History Group (IFHG) continued to provide the community with the opportunity to research, record, and celebrate Italian heritage, under the auspices of Co.As.It., where we attract an audience with an extensive program of featured guest speakers, which included:

July 23, 2014 (Wednesday) Antonio Zeccola / Palace Cinema’s Founder, Owner & Managing Director of Palace Films and Palace
Cinemas Antonio is a man whose life-long passion
for film has lead him to build Australia’s only national art-
house cinema network, theatrically release some of Australia
and the world’s most iconic films, and has positioned him
amongst the most highly respected people in the Australian
film and cinema industry today.

The events were held at the Italian Forum Cultural Centre (Leichhardt) in the main performance theatre.

The IFHG finalized a new ‘policy governance document’ with Co.As.It., which can be viewed on our website, http://www.coasit.ifhg.org

As part of this policy, we have begun an official membership status at a cost of $ 5.00 per person. Membership provides voting rights at our AGM, scheduled for December 9, 2014, along with various benefits from time to time.

The Italian Forum Cultural Centre, performance theatre, advised us, following our event in September, that they were no longer able to accommodate the IFHG. Within a 48 hour period, we were able to secure a deal with Palace Cinemas, Norton Street, Leichhardt, in Cinema 1, effective as from our October event featuring Joe Avati, Our deal is inclusive of the remaining 2014 events, and we have secured all of 2015 with Palace Cinemas. Our events in 2015 will take place on the 4th Wednesday of the month, in February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October and November 2015.We are very grateful to Palace Cinemas, and we thank Antonio Zeccola and the Zeccola family for this very gracious opportunity.

We have formed new contacts and relationships with various Italian and community organizations during the quarter. We have also begun to secure speakers and events for 2015.

Our chairman, Art Phillips, has had dialogue with Italianicious Magazine who will publish a feature article in their March 2015 edition about our organization.

The IFHG Committee held Committee meetings on 2 August and 16 August, 2015.

The Group received a $3,500 grant from Leichhardt Council and a $1,000 grant from the NSW Community Relations Commission. We thank them for their generous support.

The Executive and Committee look forward to working together with Co.As.It.and our sponsors in 2015.